Aston Martin Team Principal Mike Krack has admitted the team would be happy to “adjust” its technical structure for the likes of Formula 1 design guru Adrian Newey.
In May, Newey and Red Bull announced that the 65-year-old will depart the Milton Keynes-based outfit following the first quarter of 2025.
In the months following that groundbreaking announcement, Newey has become increasingly linked with Aston Martin as the British squad looks to convert itself into a genuine contender atop the F1 pecking order.
With Aston Martin already employing Dan Fallows as Technical Director, Tom McCullough as Team Performance Director and set to welcome ex-Ferrari man Enrico Cardile as Chief Technical Officer in 2025, Krack said that the team would need to adapt its structure should Newey come calling.
“I think Formula 1 these days is so broad,” Krack told media including Motorsport Week during Friday’s Dutch Grand Prix press conference.
“It is not like you have to make huge changes.
“I think there was a time when there was a team with the seventh technical director. So, I think we are very far from that.
“For someone like [Newey], you have to make any kind of effort to integrate and adjust your structure.”
After contributing to multiple Drivers’ and Constructors’ titles at Williams and McLaren, Newey joined Red Bull ahead of its second season in 2006.
It was not long after that the team enjoyed huge success, winning four consecutive Drivers’ and Constructors’ titles from 2010 through 2013.
Max Verstappen brought Drivers’ Championship success back to Red Bull in 2021, with his subsequent second and third titles being matched by further Constructors’ success for the team.
Newey’s impact on a team’s fortunes cannot be understated then and he could be the final piece of the Aston Martin puzzle.
Beyond recruiting a strong technical team, the driving talents of the evergreen Fernando Alonso and developing a state-of-the-art factory with class-leading tools and facilities, Aston Martin will also become a Honda-powered works entry in 2026.
Those components form a strong foundation at Aston Martin and Krack believes the links to Newey shows the team is an attractive proposition for potential employees.
“I cannot repeat what we have said [on Newey],” Krack explained, before adding “we are becoming a more and more attractive team.
“When I joined, I went into the old brick house of the former Jordan factory and, if you pass from the A43 into Silverstone, you see that this has massively changed.
“So, from that point of view, it’s a completely different structure, it’s a different team.
“The headcount has almost doubled since [I joined].
“I think, makes us very attractive for the future.”
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